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Cents from a month ago. correspondent doug mcelway looks at what is behind the latest increase. >> reporter: climbing. increased industrialization in china and india, first ever recovering world economy spiked the price at the pump again. when it happened in 2007 and 2008, they provided plenty of opportunity for political point scoring. >> drivers are paying a heavy price for the bush administration's failure to enact the comprehensive energy strategy. >> the bush administration's oil-friendly policies have led us down the path of the most significant energy crisis we have had in decades. if n...

We did what you did. >> the president has a different rhetorical style than george w. bush. he talked about this times square bombing once they've been able to determine on tuesday. and since then, could have racheted up the rhetoric we are at war and take it to the tot terrorists and try to extract some political benefit. let me give you my two cents when i watched the first 48 hours after this guy was arrested, i mean, i just wanted to tell these people to shut up, turn the set off, like you said, john, we came together after 9/11, and here this is dead serious stuff, people's lives are at s...

That this year is forecast to be bigger than that of greece. that's why we are having to have this debate. let's not forget. >> nick clegg, briefly, if you would. >> adina who must be lost by the political point scoring, the fact is you are right. taxes are unfair. we have a plan. we think it is a great plan to switch taxes so you get more money back in your pocket. that's what i think we need to do. >> let's go on to another question. thank you, mr. clegg. this is from ian gray. >> it is clearly grossly unfair for taxpayers to have funded the banks, yet for bankers to give themselves huge bon...

I'm amazed. the white house likes to say we don't engage in the cable television game. we don't ingauge in the politics of point scoring. they like to play it. when they can score points and get laughs off an easy line they go for it. >> greta: i loved we prosecutors did stupid things like this. i thought she writes five words off her hand at least she doesn't have to read an entire speech off a teleprompter. unless it is good humor. >> you her the groans in the room. the teleprompter is not a huge scandal. >> greta: it is not. but to make fun of someone reading off their hand. we all teleprom...

About the businesses in the country. >> all right, i think our exchange here on this side of the atlantic was very quaint compared to what is going on over there. but is this a good idea, do you think, for the u.s. president to engage in let's say a u.s. version of question time? >> well, first of all, you have to put it into its context. question time in the house of commons is a highly political moment. it is a point scoring, punching judy, all out fistfight between the two parties. it is designed to try and score against the other. forget the argument, you are going out to try and trap the ...